Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Students are required to complete online chapter quizzes based on the course objectives and textbook for the course within D2L. When the course was taught in-person, three tests were administered to students and evenly spaced throughout the semester.

Quizzes 110

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 110

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. After youve taught the course a few times, you can usually anticipate which concepts students will find most difficult, but every cohort is different. Notice also that well be in the middle of a unit before spring break.

Syllabus 101

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 101

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. After youve taught the course a few times, you can usually anticipate which concepts students will find most difficult, but every cohort is different. Notice also that well be in the middle of a unit before spring break.

Syllabus 89

Syllabus Exams Course Outline Attention 89

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. After you’ve taught the course a few times, you can usually anticipate which concepts students will find most difficult, but every cohort is different. That’s why review/catch up days are valuable.

Exams 107

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 107

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2023

While many of my colleagues administer tests immediately before break, I schedule the third exam three weeks later. After you’ve taught the course a few times, you can usually anticipate which concepts students will find most difficult, but every cohort is different. That’s why review/catch up days are valuable.

Exams 104

Exams Syllabus Course Outline Attention 104

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

You can also include what we call a chat box which is a specific titled slide that has an open-ended question and students are asked to brainstorm ideas or practice the topics being presented followed by the instructor offering a guided response from the textbook or reliable source that gives students some additional feedback on their thinking.

Student Engagement 86

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 86

Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

You can also include what we call a chat box which is a specific titled slide that has an open-ended question and students are asked to brainstorm ideas or practice the topics being presented followed by the instructor offering a guided response from the textbook or reliable source that gives students some additional feedback on their thinking.

Student Engagement 65

Student Engagement Instructors Students Feedback 65

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Wesley Engers has an unusual hobby: beta testing online courses from well-known colleges and universities. He doesn’t get paid, but he helps improve the quality of courses by catching mistakes in quizzes and pointing out befuddling bits of video lectures, which can then be clarified before professors release the course to students. “I

Testing 166

Testing Lecturing Quizzes Textbooks 166

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Reading back over a textbook or taking lecture notes with a highlighter at the ready is often done by students, for instance, but these practices have proven of limited merit, and in some cases even counterproductive in aiding recall. As a result, teaching is, to use another building metaphor, not up to code.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I like to follow the 60/20 rule, which says to arrive 60 minutes before your presentation to test the equipment and become familiar with the room layout, and then reserve the last 20 minutes before class starts to focus on the attendees as they enter the room. I want them to see me composed and present for them.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I like to follow the 60/20 rule, which says to arrive 60 minutes before your presentation to test the equipment and become familiar with the room layout, and then reserve the last 20 minutes before class starts to focus on the attendees as they enter the room. I want them to see me composed and present for them.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Boyer even created a comic alter ego called the Plaid Avenger , who has narrated textbooks and podcasts but is now largely retired—though Boyer still sports his famous plaid jackets and drives a plaid Scion. Let Professor John Boyer Inspire Your Course Design. Understand how Boyer integrates technology into his course design.

Syllabus 146

Syllabus Quizzes Lecturing Assignments 146